Today we celebrate the Feast of Saint James the Apostle. According to the Gospels, James and his brother John, along with Peter and his brother Andrew, were the first to be called by Jesus to follow ...

Mary Magdalene, like Mary the Mother of God, has a special closeness to Jesus that we can see in today’s readings and feast.

Differing from the traditional practice, the feast day of Cardinal John Henry Newman is not celebrated on the day of his death but on the day he converted. Sunday, July 20, 2025.

Saint Matthew, the first-century tax collector turned apostle who chronicled the life and ministry of Christ in his Gospel, will be celebrated by the Church this week on his feast day of September 21.

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The feast day of Blessed John Paul II will be marked Oct. 22 each year in Rome and the dioceses of Poland. When the Vatican made the announcement April 11, it also said ...

The two saints' feast days, both of which have the ranking of an optional -- not obligatory -- memorial, are Oct. 11 for St. John XXIII and Oct. 22 for St. John Paul II.

C atholics around the world today will honor Blessed John Paul II, the patron of World Youth Day and a pontiff who led the church for 27 years until 2005, for the last time by that name. By next ...